Prop 50: Trump threatens authorized motion saying California poll measure is unconstitutional and a ‘giant scam’

By Lynn La, CalMatters

California voters handed Proposition 50 on Tuesday, clearing the way in which for the state to redraw its congressional districts in a way that would allow Democrats to regain the U.S. Home of Representatives in subsequent 12 months’s midterm elections.

Although the U.S. Division of Justice despatched election screens to 5 California counties — prompting state and a few native leaders to deploy their very own election screens — voting throughout the state went easily for essentially the most half. Due to the atypical excessive voter curiosity on this 12 months’s particular election, some voting facilities and school campuses reported lengthy strains. By Election Day, over 7.2 million votes have been already submitted.

With Prop. 50’s passage, 5 GOP congressmembers now face steep odds to re-election, write CalMatters’ Jeanne Kuang and Maya C. Miller. U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley’s third District, for instance, at present encompasses the Sacramento suburbs, however it’s going to change to drag in Democratic voters from the town. The Rocklin Republican opposed Prop. 50, and pledged to run for re-election within the redrawn district.

In the meantime, Trump has described Prop. 50 as unconstitutional and a “giant scam.” Regardless of unproven claims of widespread voter fraud, the president stays a vocal critic of mail-in voting, and vowed to present California’s mail-in poll outcomes a “very serious legal and criminal review.” The Justice Division plans to observe election proceedings in California till Thursday.